Limited Wardrobe: Difference between revisions

The character always wears the same outfit, regardless of the setting or season. Winter (or at least a [[Christmas Episode]]) may sometimes see the addition of a heavy coat, but circumstances will conspire to put the character in a situation where they must shed the coat, at which point it is never seen again. (A more likely choice is a hat, scarf, and perhaps mittens, which imply colder weather without obscuring the character's trademark wardrobe).

 

 

Sometimes [[Justified Trope|there is good reason for this]], such as the following cases which are generally considered exempt from this trope:

* Animals, robots, or similar characters who don't actually wear clothing in the first place.

* Characters who are [[Trapped in Another World]] or [[Walking the Earth]], who may not have had time to pack additional clothes, or need to travel light. (Though this doesn't explain why the [[It's Always Spring|season never seems to change]] either...) In a slight aversion you might see them wear out their original clothing only to [[Nubile Savage|wear something]] a bit more natural.

This is also not seen as odd if the person is attending a school with a dress code. In many Asian countries, conformity is ''enforced'' and all the schools have uniforms. And in most Catholic schools, they're all required to wear uniforms anyway. For characters who always wear their school uniforms no matter what the occasion (in or out of school), see [[School Uniforms Are the New Black]].

 

 

A variation in Live Action is to have variations on the same outfit ''scheme,'' such as Hawaiian shirts, polo shirts, the color mauve, etc.

* In ''[[Durarara!!]]'' Shizuo Heiwajima is always seen in his bartender uniforms even though he no longer works as a bartender

** Justified: His brother Kasuka gave him boxes and boxes and ''boxes'' of uniforms when he did work as a bartender. And Shizuo pretty much adores his kid brother.

** Knowing Lupin this is on purpose, [[Clothes Make the Legend]] and all.

** It is in fact the case that Lupin has several copies of each suit. Also, there are two different colour schemes for the suit, sans the jacket. Yellow tie with black shirt and black or navy blue pants, or pink tie with blue shirt and white pants. In some of the films he wears a blue jacket. As for Fujiko, she not only dyes or undyes her hair, but also evidently makes use of [[Breast Expansion|breast implants]] on occasion and has them removed later.

** Ritsuko is usually seen with a few combinations of the same articles of clothing, plus or minus her labcoat (of which she has several). She does have a few formal dresses for weddings, though.

** Gendo and Fuyutsuki are pretty much always seen in their uniforms. Same goes for the command crew at NERV HQ, although at least they have a few different items of clothing.

** Especially noticeable when they're doing a hit in a Muslim country, where wearing a face-concealing veil (or at least not wearing an attention-grabbing Western miniskirt) would make sense.

** They do sometimes wear more practical outfits for an assassination-job, along with occasional disguises, but this is done very inconsistently. Sometimes Mireille does her work in top, miniskirt and high heels, even though she would have had plenty of time for switching to a better outfit.

** [[Stalker with a Crush|Chloe]] from the same series takes the opposite tack. While she occasionally is seen in tunics at the [[Ancient Conspiracy|Soldats']] headquarters her entire closet at her Paris apartment is filled with identical green cloaks. Another episode has her closet filled with colourful, frilly dresses - that she never, ever wears. Supposedly it's a reference to her seiyuu's previous role as Tomoyo of ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]''.

* ''[[Zero no Tsukaima]]'': Saito wears his jersey almost all the 3 seasons, partially justified that he was summoned out of the blue and didn't really have time to prepare. In the novels however, it is constantly [[Clothing Damage|damaged]] and someone (usually Louise) tries to mend it.

* In the same vein, Ishida Uryuu in ''[[Bleach]]'': after his mantle is destroyed, he pulls out an identical spare. Other than this, however, the anime is known for providing its characters with a very wide variety of unique casual wear when not in their school uniforms.

* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'': Each character has a preferred fighting outfit (mostly orange karate uniforms for the humans and Saiyan battle armor for the Saiyans). Piccolo not only always wears the same outfit, but one of his powers is the ability to spontaneously conjure a new one whenever needed.

* ''[[Inuyasha]]'''s Kagome is almost constantly in her school uniform, and in one of the movie serials is actually presented with the outfit by her mother so she can change ''into'' it before going to the past. This made sense initially as she fell into the well on the way to school and was stuck in the feudal era without a change of clothes (and was initially averted as on the second trip there she had different clothes). Afterward this was entirely for the sake of recognition as while she wears casual clothes when she is in the present outside of school, she wears the uniform exclusively when in the past despite the impracticality of hiking for miles in a skirt and school shoes.

** [[Word of God]] states that Kagome prefers to wear her school uniform when she travels to the past because it's durable and ''it's easy to wash the blood out of it''. Think about that. (One assumes she bleaches that white blouse a lot.)

* Lampshaded in ''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]''. When Rude, a powerful bruiser sort wearing a suit-and-tie uniform and known for always wearing sunglasses, has his sunglasses broken, he looks outraged, produces another identical pair from his pocket, straightens his tie, and seems to be reinvigorated, despite just having had a billboard dropped on his head.

* Each of the ''[[Kanon]]'' girls has her own signature outfit, even those who don't go to school. In the Toei version, they seemed to ''only'' wear these outfits, except when the plot called for something else. {{spoiler|Ayu has an excuse; the others do not.}} However, see below.

* The undines and their apprentices from ''[[Aria]]'' are almost always in their uniforms, also when they are not working or training. This is especially strange since the uniforms don't seem particularly comfortable and make them stick out like a sore thumb. Then again, the gondolier business seems to be [[Serious Business|by far the most important thing in their lives]].

* Part 3 of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' plays with this when Jotaro's school uniform is burned during the Wheel of Fortune fight. The next chapter has Joseph note that Jotaro had a tailor in Pakistan make an exact replica out of sheep wool.

* Most of the characters in ''[[Naruto]]'': Naruto's [[Highly-Visible Ninja|orange tracksuit]], Sasuke's blue shirt and white shorts, Sakura's red dress...

** Sasuke wears a different, black outfit for a short period of time, before quickly reverting back to the old outfit.

*** And despite appearing less than any of the other teams they have all have new outfits by their second appearance post-[[Time Skip]]. And as a side note Kankuro's [[Facial Markings]] change pretty much ''every'' time he reappears.

*** Likewise, Sasuke's outfit undergoes various changes in wardrobe after fighting {{spoiler|Deidara}} and later {{spoiler|Itachi}}, which seem to result from both a change of attitude and [[Clothing Damage]].

*** In the manga, pre-timeskip, Hinata and Ino have a different outfit every time they appear, even in flashbacks.

* Played straight with the first arc of ''[[Initial D]]'', averted from ''Initial D Second Stage'' onwards.

* Nearly all the characters of ''[[Witch Hunter Robin]]'', with the exception of the [[Rich Bitch]] [[Faux Action Girl]].

* The anime of ''[[Ranma ½]]'', compared to the manga, has a much smaller wardrobe for the characters, and for more secondary characters like Ryoga and Mousse, changes in costume were usually reserved for special episodes. While special outfits still showed up (for example, a Chinese "Red Guard" uniform that Ranma used for fancy attire, or various forms of dress for disguising his female form), they were often used repeatedly. Ranma Saotome, himself, was almost always seen in a [[Sleeves Are for Wimps|sleeveless]] Chinese shirt and bracers, undershirt and long Chinese pants in the everyday anime (with pre-curse flashbacks invariably showing him in a gi like his father), whereas manga-Ranma almost never wore the same thing twice. Part of the reason for this might have been budget issues, which actually got the anime canceled briefly (a second company picked it up after the end of season 1, hence why it ends on a [[Recap Episode]]).

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', many characters wear almost exactly the same outfit (Luffy's red vest and blue shorts, or Zoro's white shirt, green haramaki and black pants), or a similar outfit with variations (Sanji typically wears suits, Usopp often wears overalls and Franky typically has a Hawaiian shirt and speedo). These often change on certain conditions, such as the climate, or other plot related circumstances (for example, Zoro changes his shirt after his underwater fight with the Sky Sharks). After entering the Grand Line, the characters begin to change outfits more frequently, usually adopting a new outfit for each arc or island, and wearing their Limited Wardrobe or variation thereof in between. Subverted with Nami and Robin, who change clothes quite frequently and have a variety of outfits; Nami has four different outfits during the main part of the Thriller Bark arc.

** Although while Luffy's outfit does change from time to time, it's only as far as colours go. They did add to his wardrobe however with the addition of an armband, which proves to help him out later on.

** Also possibly explained by Nami being the money-hoarding crew treasurer, supposedly holding the purse strings to the entire crew's spending budget. It would make sense for her to be much stingier when allotting the men's personal spending/clothesshopping money (depending how often they even shop for new clothes), while spending to her pleasure shopping with Robin.

* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', while the clothes of the characters change between seasons, they will wear the same casual outfits until then. Heck, in the first season, you could practically predict which episodes Nanoha would perform her [[Stock Footage]] [[Transformation Sequence]] based on whether or not she's wearing her orange long-sleeve shirt and brown skirt combo when the [[Monster of the Week|Jewel Seed Monster]] attacks.

* In ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', [[Unlimited Wardrobe|unlike the other]] characters, [[The Stoic|Yuki Nagato]] constantly wears her North High uniform, even on weekends when the Brigade searches the city for mysterious events. The [[Beach Episode]] "Remote Island Syndrome" is the only time she's seen in casual clothing.

* The various ''[[Zoids]]'' anime are particularly grievous examples. In all four seasons, most of the characters have one or two outfits each, their "day" wear and what they wear when driving their Zoid - and even then, the latter seems optional. The only time a character will wear something else is if the plot needs it.

* The entire family March in the ''[[Little Women]]'' adaption from Nippon Animation.

* Every single character in ''[[Genesis of Aquarion]]''. They have one outfit for piloting the Vectors, and one for day-to-day use. Possibly justifiable for Apollo, being a street urchin, but [[Fridge Logic|you'd think Silvia and Sirius at least could afford a more varied wardrobe, being royalty and all...]]

* Ash and Brock from ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' have one outfit per arc (except for a short time during ''Diamond & Pearl'' where they got winter clothes for a few episodes when traveling to Snowpoint City, though they've already switched back despite being at the equally frigid Lake Acuity). The female companions, however, get [[Fan Service|slightly larger wardrobes]].

** The characters from ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' only wear one outfit each, until their game counterparts get updated clothing. This sucks for Yellow, since as a [[Canon Foreigner]] she'll probably never get a clothing change until the artist decides to give her one. (Emerald could go either way. He's a CF too, but if he decides to stop [[The Napoleon|hiding his height]], he might get a clothing change. Yellow ''may'' when she next shows up, too, since HGSS has a [[Time Skip]] of about three years that takes her up to 17, and having her keep the same outfit for that long while the others change might end up being a bit ridiculous.)

* The cast of ''[[Madoka Magica]]'' has, at very best, three outfits apiece: Their [[Magical Girl]] outfit, their [[School Uniforms Are the New Black|school uniform]] (casual clothes in Kyouko's case), and pajamas or hospital clothing for a lucky few (well, not really lucky for those that ended up in the hospital).

* ''[[Super Atragon]]'': All the main characters wear the same clothes for ''everything''; Go flies a [[Diesel Punk]] seaplane in his Navy utility whites, Captain Hayate wears his dress black uniform even while going into combat. Annette and Avatar both wear their blue & red suit with white cape also while going into combat.

* Father Garai from ''[[MW]]'' is almost always seen wearing an outfit as a priest.

* While most of the characters in ''[[Death Note]]'' have realistic wardrobes (except [[Fashion Victim Villain|Mello]] and [[The Fashionista|Misa]]), L is ''always'' seen wearing the same baggy white shirt and blue jeans ([[Does Not Like Shoes|no shoes]]). Though in this case, it's [[Justified Trope|Justified]]: L is an ''extremely'' messy and neurotic person. It makes perfect sense that he wouldn't ever bother to by more than one outfit, or even change/clean said outfit often.

* From the ''[[Shazam]]'' comics Billy Batson, the original Captain Marvel, is one of the few mainstream superheroes who embodies this trope in his secret identity. From the Golden Age through to the 21st century, Billy is almost always depicted as wearing the same blue jeans and red sweater with a yellow collar.

* In issue 85 of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' comic, a pair of marketing experts decide that the Simpsons are the perfect indicator of popular culture, and model all of their company's products- including clothes- after their lifestyle. Cut to everyone in Springfield dressed like the Simpsons. After everything returns to normal, Marge reveals that she bought all of the duplicates of their normal wear. in the final panel, a small box with a Matt Groening pops up and Groening says, "And ''that's'' why the Simpsons always wear the same clothes!"

* In [[The Beano]] pretty much every character wears the same clothes all the times however their clothes have occassionally changed for example ''[[Dennis the Menace UK|Dennis the Menace]]'' originally had a little tie back in 1951 but his clothes change to a stripy jumper and then to a Black and Red Jumper, once his strip gained the colour red, and his clothes have never changed since except for the occassional gag about how old fashioned his clothes are. This also true for a number of strips especially The Bash Street Kids where Teacher was worn an old fashioned Teacher's outfit completer with mortarboard since the 1950s which is frequently [[Lampshaded]].

 

* Thelma Harper wears the same dress on most episodes of ''[[Mama's Family]]'', and her daughter Eunice seems to have worn the same dress and hairstyle since childhood, while the other major characters wear different outfits, but of a similar color and style, like Naomi's off-the-shoulder yellow dresses and Iola's high-necked pink ones.

** Even the male characters weren't exempt from the trope: Vint was always seen wearing tan or beige, and Bubba always wore green. It's also worth mentioning that in the ''Mama's Family'' reunion episode of Vicki Lawrence's talk show, Beverly Archer (who played Iola) said she never wanted to see pink again as long as she lived.

** Castiel has been wearing the same outfit since his introduction in Season 4.

** All the angels are like this. But then it's doubtful angels care much about fashion trends.

* In ''[[Knight Rider]]'' (1982), Michael Knight always wore a polo shirt (often red, sometimes blue or pink... don't ask about the pink) underneath a leather jacket, with jeans. It helps a lot with [[Stock Footage]].

** The 2008 series has Michael Knight (Jr.) with a gray t-shirt and khakis. For cold weather, Michael wears a red long sleeved shirt underneath the gray t-shirt. Word of God says that the iconic leather jacket will come into play later in the season.

* Justified in ''[[24|Twenty Four]]'' where an entire season takes place in 24 hours, giving most characters no chance to change outfits between episodes.

* Justified for Annie in ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'': she's a ghost, and always wears the clothes she died in. However, there are subtle changes depending on her mood, etc. The benchmark seems to be her strength and confidence in herself; the stronger she is, the more form-fitting her outfit is, but when she's more scared and self-conscious, she develops more layers to hide in.

* If there ''is'' any sort of outfit change, it'll likely be no more than a [[Palette Swap]]. The few times it doesn't apply is with the female lead's wardrobe, each outfit more [[Fan Service|titillating]] than the last. Oh, and whenever the male lead has to [[Dressing as the Enemy|infiltrate the enemy]].

* Hero John R. Blade from ''[[Sin]]'' wears the exact same gear throughout the game, but can don a worker suit when infiltrating a chemical plant. He goes [[Magic Pants|loincloth]] when mutated, but magically regrows his uniform again when de-mutated.

** Ironically, the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series also partially subverts this; several worlds give you specific outfits based on their own theme. For example, [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|Halloween Town]] gives the party Halloween-costume-mash-up outfits, while [[Tron|Space Paranoids]] changes the characters' outfits to ''Tron''-inspired [[Tron Lines|"program" outfits]].

** Possibly [[Lampshade Hanging]] in the start of the second game, when Sora is wearing the outfit he was wearing in the first game... except there was a year-long [[Time Skip]] between the two games and now they're quite small on him.

** Sly wears the same blue cap, black mask, and blue shirt during all three games (he's even seen wearing it as a kid when growing up in an orphanage), the only difference being a red backpack worn in the first game. About the only time he changes clothes is when in disguise and even then it's usually only for one mission or so per level.

** Carmelita Fox often wears a blue halter top & pants, boots, and a leather jacket and gloves. About the only variation to this is when she adds a knit cap during one of the Canadian levels in the second game. She does have a [[Little Black Dress]] she wears during formal occasions, but it's rarely seen.

** Out of all the characters that appear in two or more games, the only ones that ever change their dress in Windows series are Marisa (color changes, the more recent apron change), Reisen (removed the overcoat), and Yukari (wears a completely different dress from her second appearance onward), barring the slight changes required of the heroines in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'' for the winter environment (e.g. a scarf for Marisa). All of the returning PC-98 characters (Reimu, Marisa, Yuuka, and Alice) also get a new one for their Windows debut.

* ''[[Street Fighter]]'' does this a bit. Ryu is only ever seen in a karate gi (apparently, it's all he ''has'' to wear), Sakura still wears a schoolgirl uniform even when she's supposed to be ''20'', Dan only ever wears a pink gi, and even when M. Bison [[Grand Theft Me|changes bodies]], he's always got the same getup. Not to mention Zangief running around in a Speedo... in the cold Russian north... at playgrounds full of children...

** Averted with two characters in ''[[The King of Fighters]]'' games: Athena and Benimaru receive new costumes with every sequel. This also holds true to the [[Capcom vs. Whatever|crossover games.]] Kyo, Terry, and Kensou also have gotten new duds in the series, but not at the frequency the former two have.

* [[Justified Trope]] in ''[[Devil Survivor]]'', as the characters are caught in a lockdown a good distance from their homes for the course of the game.

* ''[[Disgaea]]''. Most of the female characters have more than one outfit, but for the guys, it's to the point where Laharl ''[[Fridge Logic|sleeps with shoes on]].''

* In the whole ''[[Hitman]]'' series, 47 seens to have only a black suit with pants, black shoes, white shirt and a red tie. When he does changes his outfit to disguise himself, he doesn't take those clothes back home and is seen in the next mission with the same default black suit over and over. On one occassion in the game where he actually doesn't wear it is in Hitman 2 when he's working for a church as a janitor/gardener and starts the game with a worker overall and a white shirt underneath.

* ''Zelda'' is notable for having all the various Links ending up in the traditional green tunic and hat for some reason, if he doesn't already wear it from the start. The 3D games have mixed it up a bit, such as having different colors tunics or being able to change back into what Link was wearing before.

* In [[Katawa Shoujo]], the girls typically have one casual outfit each, which they often wear for days on end. Lilly is possibly the best example, as she changes into her casual outfit of a peach off-the-shoulder sweater and a long tan skirt the most often, and {{spoiler|the outfit is the first thing he notices about her when she visits him in the hospital in the Good Ending}}. Hisao himself seems to only have one outfit- of a blue argyle sweater vest, a button down shirt and khaki pants.

 

* This also happens in ''[[Cuanta Vida]]''. Justified, because the characters wear uniforms, but there sometimes the characters are seen wearing incomplete uniforms (Sniper without vest, Spy without the mask etc.), pyjamas (in Medic's case with [[Goofy Print Underwear|syringe print]]) and underwear.

* [[Walkyverse]] examples: Danny has his Indiana University sweatshirt, Sal has her mother's jacket, Mike has his black shirt with the SEMME yellow stripe, Jason has his suit, Walky has his sweatshirt...in fact, for most of ''It's Walky!'' all SEMME members qualify. It's somewhat justified in ''[[Shortpacked]]'', as most of the comic takes place in the titular toy store and therefore they mostly wear their work uniforms.

* Lampshaded in this [[Two Guys and Guy]] [http://www.twogag.com/comics/2012-04-13-TGAG_134_Makeover.jpg strip].

 

=== Web Original ===

* Lampshaded in the web fiction serial ''[[Dimension Heroes]]'' when Brittany and Tami go clothes shopping. Brittany is excited about a neat shirt she found on sale, only for Tami to point out that it was remarkably similar to the one she was currently wearing.

** Mega-Girl. The only thing Marty ever wears is her super-suit. Phase found out she studies in it. Not only does she have very few clothes, but the more she wears her suit (it's a psychokinetic construct), the more it gives her the [[Most Common Superpower]].

* Can often show up in [[Journal Roleplay]] even for characters that don't normally fall under this trope, if the game only brings characters with the clothes on their back and doesn't provide a way to get more.

* [[The Nostalgia Critic]] generally always wears the same hat, jacket, and necktie/T-shirt combo, presumably to make him immediately distinguishable from [[Doug Walker]]'s other characters.

** Fellow [[That Guy With The Glasses]] reviewers [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] (black shirt, plaid shirt, jacket, hat), [[The Angry Joe Show|Angry Joe]] (black Superboy t-shirt, jacket) and [[Todd in the Shadows]] (the ''exact same hood'', and a mask when appearing in the light) also don't vary on wardrobe very much - except when the situation calls for it.

** Used humorously in a [[Cartoon Network]] promo, where Mystery Inc. is waiting for someone in the van. It's Velma, barefoot, shuffling through drawers of socks trying to find orange colored ones.

** Subverted in ''Scooby Doo: The Mystery Begins'', the newest version of the [[Origin Story]], where everyone wears things that would be consistent with their role in a modern-day high school. [http://www.scoobyaddicts.com/Images/SDMysteryBegins.jpg See] [http://www.comicbooknews.us/IMGs/dccomics/Mystery%20Inc-green.jpg for] [http://www.dianechristiansen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/gang2.jpg your][http://tvmedia.ign.com/tv/image/article/102/1021013/scooby-doo-the-mystery-begins-20090902014732070_640w.jpg self.]

** They also created force-field belts for this purpose, so that they could only slightly modify stock footage for those scenes, instead of having to animate the crew in the full spacesuits (which themselves only appeared in live-action once before [[Star Trek: The Motion Picture|The Motion Picture]]).

* In ''[[Daria]]'', nobody changes clothes, not even the Fashion Club members.

** Not entirely true. While most of the characters DID wear the same set of clothes throughout the entire series, all the Fashion Club members did actually get new outfits between the 3rd and 4th seasons. They still wore those same outfits all the time after the change, though, with the rare exception when the plot makes them wearing something different a necessity.

** Lampshaded in "Life in the Past Lane", where Jane dates a guy who is practically obsessed with vintage 1940's clothing and culture. When she's having trouble picking out clothes for a date, she says "It was so much easier when I had one outfit."

** Also, when Bart has trouble talking to a girl he likes, he asks if it's because he's "worn the same outfit day in and day out for the past six years."

** When Marge was away, no-one was doing the washing. Lisa complains "I feel like I've been wearing these clothes for years!"

** In another episode, Jody walks in, wearing her usual outfit, and says, "that new boy is so cute, I changed outfits for him!" Everybody stares at her, and she adds, "twice!"

* The boys of ''[[South Park]]'' are defined almost entirely by their clothes, and this is parodied in "How To Eat With Your Butt", which features the boys without their caps on Picture Day. In another episode, Kenny is unrecognizable without his orange coat. In the episode "Super Best Friends", all of the people of South Park had shaved their heads and were wearing the same clothes, which made it impossible to tell them apart (Stan had to find Kyle by using their [[Catch Phrase]]). Kenny also removed his coat in the SP movie, revealing he has blond hair. Cartman is probably the major exception because he's visibly fatter regardless of clothes.

*** It's {{spoiler|Kenny}}.

* Elisa Maza from ''[[Gargoyles]]'' almost always wears a red bomber jacket, black shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes.

* Yet another [[Lampshade Hanging]]: in ''[[The Oblongs]]'', conjoined twins Biff and Chip appear to wear green shirts that are specially designed to fit two people at once. Then their mother tries giving one shirt away as a hand-me-down. The bare-chested twins emerge and yell at their mom, "Hey! That's our only shirt!"

* Spoofed in ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' episode "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean", when Hank Venture complains to the Monarch that his clothes feel dirty because he had to sleep in them. The Monarch replies, "You're kidding, right? That's the only shirt I ever see you wear!" Hank's answer: "Doesn't mean I don't wash it." Justified in a later episode, "Escape to the House of Mummies (Part 2)", in which Dr. Orpheus comments that he assumed his daughter Triana's wearing of the same shirt all the time was just a "phase" she was going through. In truth it was because his use of her closet as a portal to the netherworld made her scared of her own closet. Interestingly, the trope is averted by Brock, who is regularly seen in two or three different shirts.

* ''[[Ben 10]]'' is ''extremely'' guilty of this. Not only do the three main characters of Gwen, Ben, and Grandpa Max ''always'' wear the same outfit, but in a time travel episode, Grandpa Max ''still'' wears the same outfit 20 years later. (At least Ben and Gwen got new outfits after the [[Time Skip]], and Ben at least takes his jacket off quite a bit). [[Lampshade Hanging]] did occur in the [[Live Action Adaptation]].

** Although the lampshade hanging implies he only has one white shirt with black vertical stripe, but other episodes show him with lots of identical ones.

* The titular character of ''[[Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil]]'' seemingly only has one outfit: a black t-shirt and a pair of hiphugger blue jeans.

* In ''[[Dilbert (animation)|Dilbert]]'', like the comics, everyone always wears the same outfit.

* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]].'' [[Lampshaded]] in one episode, when their mother tells them to pick out new clothes for the coming school year, and they enter and exit the store in less than two seconds because, as Phineas notes, "We have a pretty standard look." Then they each pull out the other brother's outfit from their bag, look at each other for a beat and switch them.

* ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' is guilty of this. Timmy: pink shirt and hat, dark blue streachpants. Wanda: yellow shirt, black streachpants. Cosmo: white suit, tie, black streachpants. While clothes change when needed, they're usually in these.

* Drew Carey often jokes that his entire wardrobe is made up of white shirts and ties.

* In one of the audio commentaries to ''[[Spaced]]'', [[Kevin Smith]] notes how this trope applies to the show (in the sense that they have a small number of outfits that they repeat) and proceeds to cite it as a point of the show's realism.

* Dean Kamen (inventor of the Segway, among other things) is almost always seen in jeans and a long-sleeved flannel shirt, no matter how fancy the occasion. In fact, people have trouble recognizing him when he's wearing something else.

* Steve Irwin seemed to wear his khaki shirt and shorts wherever he went. His entire family also dresses like this.

** His limited wardrobe is reportedly a large one; early in his career, Al had a note in his concert rider asking venues to supply him with one new garish Hawaiian shirt, and quickly accumulated several closetsful. The Vans company has also been known to let Al stop by the warehouse and take home an armload of new shoes.

** Until Al had his vision corrected with LASIK eye surgery in the 1990s, his distinctive large wire-rimmed eyeglasses were also part of his trademark look.

* Jay Leno. Lampshaded [http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/1996-dodge-viper-gts-coupe/1253617/ here].

* In general, people have favourite items of clothing that they like to wear often. Once you start to notice how that one girl at work always wears a plaid shirt, it [[Cannot Be Unseen]].

* Justified for one character in ''[[Durarara!!]]'': Shizuo Heiwajima really ''does'' have a closet full of identical [[Waistcoat of Style|bartender waistcoats]]. They were a gift.

* Gintoki has a whole rack of the exact same outfit in one episode of ''[[Gintama]]''.

* Wilhelmina Carmel from ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'' wears a maid outfit at all times. The third season shows her getting several identical copies of that outfit out of her closet.

 

=== Comics ===

* In the 1990s ''Power of [[Shazam]]!'' comic, Billy Batson always wore a red shirt with a yellow collar (the same shirt he wore in the Filmation series mentioned above). In one issue, he explains he bought twelve identical shirts because they were cheap.

* ''[[Little Orphan Annie]]'': The question of whether Annie had only one red dress was lampshaded in a strip that showed Annie hanging a large number of nearly-identical dresses (some with short sleeves, some with long) out to dry. Possibly one of the earliest uses of the closet gag.

* All the main characters in Brazilian comic ''[[Monica's Gang]]'' ([http://www.monica.com.br/mauricio/cronicas/images/cron206.gif this image of the protagonist] sums it up).

=== Literature ===

* Not actually shown, but in one of the City Watch [[Discworld]] novels, Vimes wonders if Vetinari has an entire closet full of identical black robes, as he's never seen the Patrician dressed in any other way.

 

 

* In one episode of ''[[Invader Zim]]'', Dib opens his closet to reveal a rack full of the same outfit.

* In ''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'', Darla Dimple's closet contains the same outfit; this may be [[Justified Trope]], though, in that it's her signature outfit.

* In an episode of ''[[Dilbert (animation)|Dilbert]]'', we can see Dilbert's wardrobe, which is all black pants, white shirts and ties. In the comic though, we can sometimes see him in track suits.

* Another ''[[The Simpsons]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging]]: in "Tis The Fifteenth Season", Homer announces he's given his old clothes to the homeless. Cut to a group of homeless people, all wearing white shirts and blue pants.

== Exceptions ==

=== Anime & Manga ===

** Technically, only the outfits were reanimated. There was underlying [[Stock Footage]] of Sakura sans clothing (with [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]], natch).

* In the first season of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' we quickly see that (outside of their Senshi outfits and school uniforms) these 14-year-old girls actually have their own wardrobes, and they're quirky and individual. (Who would have expected that the Shinto shrine maiden would wear pink overalls and baseball caps when not on duty at the temple?)

* ''[[Uta Kata]]'' had a different manga-ka/character designer/figurine maker design the protagonist's [[Magical Girl]] outfit for each episode.

* In ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'', there is a reason why the gang all wear the same T-shirt (with their rank number) and jeans design all the time: the outfits are designed to become their bird costumes when they change, and they need to wear the whole outfit for it to work. Furthermore, it proved near-disastrous when Jun lost a shoe from the outfit. Galactor found it and stumbled onto its bird costume transformation function, thus giving them a vital clue as to one of the Science Ninjas' secret identities.

* Nami from ''[[One Piece]]'' originally starts off with wearing the same clothes, but after {{spoiler|defeating Arlong, and thus ending her financial limitations}} she buys a pile of new clothes, and changes very often. Sanji, while mostly wearing his usual black suit, can be seen occasionally in more casual clothes.

** After the Strawhats hit the Grand Line, they usually get a new outfit early in the arc for reasons that make sense, and then maintain that look whether it makes sense or not until after they beat that island's [[Big Bad]]. You can tell the arc is over because they all change back.

* Becky, from ''[[Pani Poni Dash!]]'' is often wearing different outfits, while everyone else has their uniforms. She's the teacher though, and is allowed. Even though she's twelve, and some of her outfits are... [[media:-153525235123.jpg|odd.]]

* Averted in ''[[Read or Die]]: The TV,'' where Michelle, Maggie and Anita have a vast variety of outfits; some of these they create themselves using their power to control paper, and then complain that paper clothes aren't comfortable. This is in contrast to Yomiko in the ''[[Read or Die]]'' [[OVA]], who is a fine example of the trope, always in the same trenchcoat, skirt, blouse and vest.

* In ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', when not at school and thus in uniform all the characters are shown in casual outfits that change from episode to episode (and within an episode, if it spans more than a day).

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' plays this as an "is and isn't". Sayo (resident [[Cute Ghost Girl]]) wears the same old style school uniform, however as a ghost [[Jacob Marley Apparel|I doubt she's got much in the way of options]]. Kotaro wears two outfits per arc, his normal gear which he always has, and an outfit for his 15-year-old disguised form (this second one changed from the mafia suit in the Festival arc, and the armored clothes in the Magic world arc). The rest of the cast has their uniforms (Negi has his suit) which they wear generally, giving a sense of this trope. They wear other outfits to provide clothed [[Fan Service]], putting whatever Stripperific outfit they wish on the girls, and then replacing them with an equally stripperific outfit after whatever they are wearing suffers the inevitable [[Clothing Damage]] this series brings. However, in a case of actual limited wardrobe, Negi only has the one cloak, as he hasn't replaced/mended it since a fight in the latest arc which [[Clothing Damage|put a large hole in it]].

** Before the start of the Magic World arc, the limited wardrobe aspect is commented on when both Negi and Kotaro are called out for not "getting in the mood" since neither was wearing an eccentric battle costume or casual outfit. Negi insists he's still a teacher and must dress as one, and Kotaro insists his school uniform IS his battle costume.

** Pactio cards have an outfit programmed into it, so when they summon their artifact the clothes change to a limited wardrobe option.

* ''[[Yotsuba&!]]'' seems like a more severe case than she actually is; some people misremember her as only having one shirt, but it's actually a number of shirts with the same design scheme: an ''X'' body with ''Y'' sleeves and collar (and sometimes shoulders). Careful comparison reveals significant differences. That said, she does have other outfits that don't follow this pattern: her pajamas, her swimsuit, her ''yukata'', her poncho, her recycled shirt, her ''hapi'', her "flower cupid" outfit from episode 18, her triangle-like dress from chapter 27... umm... that's still not that much. Maybe others will surface.

* Averted in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''. When the characters aren't wearing their school uniforms they have several casual outfits. In the anime we never see them wear the same outfit twice. In the manga Haruhi has one or two outfits that occasionally show up again, but she's from a lower middle class family so it makes sense she doesn't have a literal [[Unlimited Wardrobe]] like the rich Host Club members.

* ''[[Persona 3]]'' plays this one weird: while most characters (including some secondary ones) change outfits seasonally and wear different ones on weekends or holidays, they seem to only have four outfits each to choose from and always wear the same outfit(s) every weekend (not counting costumes for special occasions).

** It gets a bit weirder when, even though you can equip the different outfits as armor, they only appear during battles or wandering around the dungeon; when a cutscene happens in the middle of the dungeon, the characters are somehow able to switch back into their school uniform, then switch back to whatever they were wearing before in time to fight...

* ''[[Star Wars]]: [[The Force Unleashed]]'' had the main character constantly changing outfits for every mission. Some of the outfits are progressively added upon, with "Light Training Gear," "Training Gear" and "Heavy Training Gear." On a second runthrough, you can change into whatever outfit you have unlocked.

* Zanthia, the protagonist of the second ''[[The Legend of Kyrandia]]'' game, changes outfits frequently by means of a handy wardrobe gem on her belt. Some are just palette swaps of her normal outfit, but she also has a flower-print wrap dress, a casual hiking outfit, snow gear, and even a bathrobe/towel/fuzzy slippers combo. (It isn't a case of [[Unlimited Wardrobe]], though, since near the end of the game she mentions that the gem is almost empty.)